Castleford railway station
You can reach 28 stations directly from Castleford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Leeds, with 74 trains a day.
Address: Powell Street, Castleford, WF10 1EL
Castleford is the nearest station for postcodes in WF10. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Castleford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 74 | 74 | 31 |
| Woodlesford | 74 | 74 | 31 |
| Normanton | 69 | 71 | 42 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 69 | 71 | 42 |
| Glasshoughton | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Knottingley | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Pontefract Monkhill | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Barnsley Interchange | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Chapeltown | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Darton | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Elsecar | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Sheffield | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Wombwell | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| York | 33 | 35 | 26 |
| Greenfield | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Huddersfield | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Mirfield | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Mossley | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Marsden | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Slaithwaite | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Stalybridge | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Goole | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Hensall | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rawcliffe | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Snaith | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitley Bridge | 3 | 3 | 0 |
How busy Castleford is
487,384 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 877th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 29,455 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Castleford and Leeds than any other pair: 273,316 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 15 stations instead of 28, a drop of about 46%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Glasshoughton 1.2 miles
- Pontefract Tanshelf 2.6 miles
- Pontefract Monkhill 2.7 miles
- Pontefract Baghill 3.1 miles
- Featherstone 3.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Castleford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Castleford Cutsyke · 0.7 miles
- Ledston · 1.4 miles
- Methley South · 1.8 miles
- Methley Junction · 1.9 miles
- Bowers · 2.2 miles
- Altofts · 2.3 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.